HHS awards $14 million to support Bioethics Research Center
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the award of a $14 million grant to Tuskegee Unive...ers for Disease Control and Prevention. The grant announced today comes from two NIH components -- the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) and the Nat...2003 winners of Collegiate Inventors Competition announced in NYC
...blic Library, the Collegiate Inventors Competition announced its 2003 winners. This year's winners have found ways to generate insulin for diabetics, perform environmental testing with microscopic sensors, and make electronic circuits smaller than ever before. Two undergraduate winners, two graduate winners, ...FDA approves new HIV protease inhibitor, Lexiva (TM)
..., N.C., Oct. 21, 2003 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) today announced that the Food and Drug Administration has granted marketing clearance for Lexiva (fosamprenavir calcium) (Lex-ee'-va, formerly GW433908, or 908), a new protease inhibitor (PI) for the treatment of HIV infection in adults in combination with other ant...NIH funds two UCSD scientists to venture deep into human genome
... chIP-Chip Technology for ENCODE." The grants were announced by NHGRI director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., who led the public effort to sequence all 3 billion base pairs of human DNA. He noted that "the Human Genome Project has provided us with a wonderful foundation, but obviously having the human genomi...Shire receives approvable letter for adult ADDERALL XR(R) from FDA
...cals Group plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY, TSX: SHQ) announced today that it has received an approvable letter from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ADDERALL XR (R) once daily treatment for adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA), which was...AAPA survey shows physician assistants increasingly employed in medical practices
...rican Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) today announced that their annual census of physician assistants (PAs) shows the profession continues to become a more widely recognized patient care provider as busy doctors increasingly employ PAs in solo and group medical practices. Physician assistants are licen...Astrazeneca receives European approval for Seroquel; in bipolar mania
Sodertalje, Sweden, 13 October 2003 - AstraZeneca announced today that it has successfully completed the Mutual Recognition Procedure (MRP) involving 14 European countries to extend the use of SEROQUEL (quetiapine) to the treatment of mania associated with bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness). SEROQUE...More than $34 Million in SPORE Grants
...e University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center announced today (Oct. 13) that it has received more than $34 million in prestigious SPORE grants from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Three new Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) grants totaling $12.75 million for leukemia, $10.4 million...Double trouble: big portions of calorie dense foods
... for the Ethan Sims Young Investigator Award to be announced at the meeting. In the study, 39 normal weight and overweight women ate breakfast, lunch and dinner once a week for six weeks in Penn State's Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive Behavior. The breakfasts and dinners were standardized but the...Novel technology to monitor 'hidden depths' of silent killer
...day 29 September 2003. Details of two new studies announced by AstraZeneca at the XIIIth International Symposi...surements from patients enrolled in the study were announced at ISA. The change in bilateral carotid artery wall volume will be measured by using MRI. Changes ...Possible brain cancer-air pollution link to be studied
...The Brain Tumor and Air Pollution Foundation today announced the beginning of a research project led by an internationally renowned neurosurgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to explore a possible link between brain cancer and air pollution. The study will be led by Keith Black, M.D., director of the Cedars-S...NIAID funds construction of biosafety laboratories
..., part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced funding for the construction of two National Biocontainment Laboratories (NBLs) and nine Regional Biocontainment Laboratories (RBLs). "These awards to build high-level biosafety facilities are a major step towards being able to provide Americans with...NIAID awards $81 million for HIV vaccine development
... of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced four new contracts to support development of candidate HIV vaccines. The awards are part of NIAID's HIV Vaccine Design and Development Teams (HVDDT) program, a public-private partnership that seeks to accelerate HIV vaccine development. The Institute...UCSD-TCAG collaboration to focus on transformation of genome-based knowledge into health benefits
...enter for the Advancement of Genomics (TCAG) today announced a formal collaboration in genomic medicine that co...es, and J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., president of TCAG, announced the agreement at groundbreaking ceremonies for the new UCSD School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sc...Dispute over toxic shock syndrome
...ic shock syndrome, based on the results of a study announced last week. But critics dispute the study's conclusions, and warn that the work might be used to help companies fight lawsuits from women who contract the illness after using tampons. Each year in the US alone, several thousand women develop menstrua...Differences in cancer screening rates reported
... California, the Center for Health Policy Research announced Sept. 18 the launch of CHIS 2003, funded in part by a $3.9 million grant from The California Endowment and through major support from the California Department of Health Services, the National Cancer Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation....$85 million awarded for research on human immunity and biodefense
...herapies are among the objectives of a new program announced today by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). "NIH is dedicated to supporting research that will help in fighting the war on terror," says NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, ...Emory School of Medicine receives $16 million NIH grant to lead biodefense consortium
...tional Research on Human Immunology and Biodefense announced today by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Other institutions in the Emory center include the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, Washington; the Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Bellinzona, Switzerland...Major new center at UIC to study racial/ethnic disparities in health
...en, deputy secretary of health and human services, announced the awards this morning at the UIC College of Medicine. According to the National Cancer Institute's latest annual report on cancer published last week, while death rates for breast cancer in white women fell 2.5 percent during the 1990s, for black w......om?" Apparently, it may. Results of a new survey announced today at the 43rd Annual Interscience Conference of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) show that many people still aren't washing their hands in public places, exposing others to the risk of infection, despite recent outbreaks of infectiou...